As the deals flew in ahead of the 3 p.m. CT trade deadline Tuesday, the White Sox stayed mostly quiet, making a lone deal with the Tampa Bay Rays for minor-league lefty Hunter Schryver in exchange for international bonus money. James Shields, Jose Abreu, Luis Avilan, Xavier Cedeno, and everyone else remain. It was, as […]
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South Side Morning 5: The White Sox have won a game!
1. The White Sox won their first game since July 6th on the back of an excellent Miguel Gonzalez start. It has been a tumultuous season for Gonzalez, who came out of the gate hot but suddenly crumbled on his way to a DL trip. In Monday’s game, however, he displaced the departed Jose Quintana […]
White Sox Baseball: Staying The (Dismal) Course
On the scale of the multi-season baseball winning curve, a single weekend is nearly meaningless, often providing more noise than meaningful information about the league as a whole whole and the teams within. But as the White Sox approached yesterday’s trade deadline at an organizational crossroads, this past weekend certainly felt meaningful. Already described as “mired in mediocrity” […]